Our advice for a successful project 42 מרכז קהילתי גולן Haifa and the Valleys District You Are Not Alone RechasimCommunity Center About the project: A group of single mothers approached the Community Center and raised the issue of social and educational difficulties their daughterswere experiencing. The Community Center staff made a connection between the girls and mentors in Rechasim. Volunteering mentors were located for each of the girls and trained for individual weeklymeetings, amonthly groupworkshop, two annual excursions and aminimumof onemeeting for mothers, daughters andmentors. Target population: Girls from families with single mothers and/or with social, learning or emotional difficulties. Number of participants: 20 pairs of girls and mentors Partners: The community Center, local high schools, volunteering female students from 9th to 12th grade Responses to the project: The families and volunteering mentors showed great interest in participating in the project. The young mentors chose this project over other volunteering opportunities. Compatibility is essential for good connections between participants and mentors “Together is better - You are Not Alone” was initiated at the start of 2021 at the height of the Corona crisis to strengthen the sense of community and to assure the local community’s connectedness and resilience and its ability to cope with future crises. An in-depth mapping of community needs resulted in four target groups: Senior citizens | At-risk childrenand youths | Peoplewithdisabilities | Young families Our target is: To reach 100,000 people per year Integrate them into community networks Through 200 community projects and recruiting new volunteers As this year comes to an end we would like to thank everyone who took part in this important initiative Avi Wortzman, Chairperson of the Israeli Association of Community Centers Ronen Kovalsky, Society and Community Vice-President Community Building Department led by Michelle Ben Shitrit Content and Projects Department led by Sefit Hashavia Tzuri Department for Sjoint ventuers staff at the IACC Districts staff Community Centers staff Our many partners in Israel and around the World Together is Better!
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjgzNzA=